White Sub-branch

Hans I, third son
of Daniel I, stayed in Wissembourg.

In 1513 his youngest grandson Jost,
who in 1500 had moved to Krakow, donated the Stanislaus Altar and the side
chapel in the Parish Church of St. Johannis (St. Jean) in memory of his family’s life in
Wissembourg. Furthermore three keystones in the vault of the left aisle of the
church carry the Schilling coat of arms with the three linden leaves.

There is an original pen and ink drawing for a
lunette (a half-moon shaped space) by Albrecht
Dürer (signed 1509 AD) in the British
Museum in London. On the painting you see below, the
donor Jost Schilling and the coat of arms with the three linden leaves are
visible on the right (see also detail view). Three keystones in the vault of the left aisle as well as
a tombstone in the northern yard carry the Schilling coat of arms with the three
linden leaves.

Pen
and ink drawing in the lunette by Albrecht Dürer (click on image to enlarge)

Detail view (click on image to enlarge):

In 1472 Jost’s eldest brother, Daniel III (1445 - 1493) moved to
Breslau and later to Krakow.

His son Hannß IV (1470 - 1539) is the
ancestor of the Jakobides, the Martinides and the Kilianides, all three
prospering families still. Hannß decided to pursue a scientific career. He
studied at Leipzig
University, where in 1505
he was awarded the master’s degree. Later, however, he and his descendants took
up mining, an excellent source of income at this time. Before the Thirty Years’
War started the family owned 26 ore mines in the Ore Mountains.